Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Fixed Route

As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Via, your main responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining robust systems for a new product that integrates with Via’s existing platform. You'll collaborate closely with product managers and designers, owning features from start to finish, ensuring high-quality delivery. Debugging issues, driving technical discussions, and exploring new technologies are also key aspects of your role.

To qualify as a Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Via, you should have a minimum of 4 years of experience building and maintaining production web applications on both the frontend and backend. Proficiency in modern frontend frameworks like React or Angular, alongside backend technologies such as Python and Node.js, is essential. Additionally, familiarity with APIs, cloud platforms, and CI/CD tools will set you apart.

Via is committed to fostering professional growth among its employees. As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, you'll have opportunities to explore new technologies, contribute to architectural decisions, and collaborate cross-functionally. Your contributions will be valued, and you'll be encouraged to participate in discussions that shape both your growth and the company’s trajectory.

At Via, Senior Full-Stack Engineers are offered a comprehensive benefits package that includes free medical plans, 401K matching, and competitive salary ranges between $150,000 to $200,000 per year, based on experience. Furthermore, Via values a diverse workplace and provides support for a healthy work-life balance, helping you thrive both personally and professionally.

The interview process for the Senior Full-Stack Engineer position at Via typically involves initial screenings, technical assessments, and multiple interviews with team members from various departments. Expect discussions around your technical skills, problem-solving capabilities, and alignment with Via’s mission of changing transportation for the better.

When asked about your experience with frontend frameworks, highlight specific projects you've worked on, detailing your role in those projects. Describe how you utilized frameworks like React or Angular to create responsive user interfaces, emphasizing any challenges you overcame and the impact of your work.

In response to debugging questions, share your systematic approach. Discuss how you analyze error logs, use debugging tools, and isolate issues by narrowing down potential causes. Mention any techniques you use, such as unit testing or code reviews, to prevent issues from arising in the first place.

Discuss the importance of writing clean, maintainable code. You can mention practices such as code reviews, unit tests, and following best coding standards. Share specific instances where these strategies improved project outcomes, and stress the collaborative nature of maintaining code quality with your team.

When discussing your experience with API integration, provide examples of APIs you've worked with—both consuming and creating them. Talk about how you ensured data integrity and connectivity, and highlight any challenges faced in API integrations and how you resolved them.

In answering this, be specific about the projects requiring Python or Node.js, focusing on what functionalities you built and how they served user needs. Highlight how you leveraged these technologies to create scalable solutions, and describe any significant improvements made to performance.

Describe your commitment to continuous learning and mention resources like online courses, tech blogs, or community meetups. Share how staying updated has positively impacted your work and helped innovate solutions in past projects.

Detail your approach to prioritization, whether through Agile principles or based on team input. Highlight a specific scenario where you successfully prioritized features that led to impactful results and improved team collaboration.

Share a specific, challenging situation where you applied your technical skills to solve a problem. Focus on the steps you took, the technologies involved, and the steps you made to ensure the solution was effective long-term.

Discuss the critical role of full-stack engineers as communicators and problem solvers who bridge the gap between frontend and backend teams. Emphasize your view that they should have a holistic understanding of the product lifecycle and how their work directly impacts user experience and functionality.

When it comes to team disagreements, stress the importance of communication and collaboration. Share how you would facilitate a discussion to consider all viewpoints, possibly using data or examples to support the best approach, and strive for a consensus that meets project goals.